At 21:46 17-03-14, Paul Hodges wrote:
>--On 17 March 2014 20:52 +0100 David Pickett <d...@fugato.com> wrote:
>
>> The go to http://rdmedia.bbc.co.uk/radio3/index.html and click on the
>> play button, and four channels of Brahms Tragic Overture appeared.
>
>Followed by John Lill playing Rach 3 at the age of 70 - Magnificent!
>
>But as for the surround, well huh! The usual uncorrelated mish-mash in
>the rear channels, signifying nothing. Turning on the rear speakers
>did push the stereo image back from the front speakers just a bit.
>This was most convincing with the rear channels boosted by 6dB.
I turned the back up 4dB. It works for the applause. 6dB seems a
bit too much to me. But how much sound do you expect to surround you
in the RFH? It may be better than it was, but it's not King's Chapel!
> Then I
>tried sitting sideways, facing the left; I should still have felt the
>image to be over to my right, but I got bits and pieces flying all over
>the place. When the applause started, I tried turning off both right
>speakers to see if any kind of image was formed by the left channels -
>but no, the applause was tied almost solidly to the rear speaker with
>no sense of space.
I understand that they are using the normal stereo balance for the
front, presumably with a couple of extra mics for the back. Rupert
Brun, said on Twitter that he would find out tomorrow. -- Did you
seriously expect that the Beeb would be using a Tetramic or something
Ambisonic? I think the engineers who used to experiment with such
things have probably retired! :)
>
>But I will record the organ recitals (presuming they are included in
>the test broadcasts), and examine them at leisure.
It is not the actual quality of the surround sound itself that is
exciting, but the fact that it is being streamed live over the
internet, and apart from a few dropouts is actually
WORKING! Furthermore, it is not TOO difficult to make it work at home.
Dvorak VIII just started...
David
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